Street Fighter IV Walkthrough & Strategy Guide

The game does not care on which difficulty you play the game when unlocking characters. If you just want to quickly unlock everyone, we suggest switching the game to the easiest difficulty and to one-round fights.

Standard Characters

Cammy

Complete arcade mode as C. Viper to unlock Cammy.

Dan

Complete arcade mode as Sakura to unlock Dan.

Fei Long

Complete arcade mode as Abel to unlock Fei Long.

Gen

Complete arcade mode as Chun-Li to unlock Gen.

Rose

Complete arcade mode as M. Bison to unlock Rose.

Sakura

Complete arcade mode as Ryu to unlock Sakura.

To unlock the special characters below, you have to have first unlocked the standard characters above.

Special Characters

Akuma

First unlock the above characters, then play through arcade mode as a character who's already completed arcade mode. If you've got the fights set to one round matches, you need at least one perfect round. If you've got fights set to three round matches, you need at least two perfects. Do not lose a round. After defeating Seth, Akuma will challenge you. Defeat him to unlock Akuma.

Gouken

Complete arcade mode as Akuma and then play arcade mode again as a character who's already completed arcade mode. If you've got the fights set to one round matches, you need at least one perfect round, three super or ultra combo finishes, and five first attacks. If you've got fights set to three round matches, you need at least two perfects, five super or ultra combo finishes, and ten first attacks. After defeating Seth, Gouken will challenge you. Defeat him to unlock Gouken.